For the second year running, the SuperMoto des Nations event in Pleven, Bulgaria, was won by Italy, ahead of the host country and France. It is the fourth time Italy has won this competition.
L’Italie remporte pour la deuxième année consécutive le SuperMoto des Nations à Pleven en Bulgarie devant l’équipe hôte et la France. C’est la quatrième victoire de l’Italie dans cette compétition.
The combination of Ivan Lazzarini’s victory for Honda-Michelin in the third and last race, and second place for Christian Ravaglia (Honda-Michelin) in the second race clinched a fourth triumph for Italy in the annual SuperMoto des Nations. Lazzarini dominated the last race from start to finish.
Despite the presence of the recently-crowned Mauno Hermunen (TM), who had come to lend a helping hand, the host nation Bulgaria was second. After qualifying on pole position, its bid was thwarted by Italy after Alexander Georgiev fell three times in the second race.
France – represented by Sylvain Bidart (Honda-Michelin), Thomas Chareyre (TM) and Warren Boudar – had to settle for third place, ahead of the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.
Une victoire d’Ivan Lazzarini (Honda-Michelin) lors de la troisième et dernière course associée à une deuxième place de Christian Ravaglia (Honda-Michelin) en deuxième manche a permis à l’Italie d’enlever un quatrième succès au SuperMoto des Nations. Signant le holeshot, Ivan Lazzarini a dominé de bout en bout la dernière manche, ne laissant aucune chance à ses adversaires.
A domicile, malgré la présence du nouveau champion du monde SuperMoto, Mauno Hermunen (TM), venu prêter main forte, la Bulgarie termine deuxième. Qualifiée en pole position, la Bulgarie a dû s’incliner face à l’Italie suite à une triple chute d’Alexander Georgiev lors de la deuxième manche.
La France emmenée par Sylvain Bidart (Honda-Michelin), Thomas Chareyre (TM) et Warren Boudar doit se contenter de la troisième marche du podium. La République Tchèque se classe quatrième devant l’Autriche, l’Allemagne et les Pays-Bas.
Race results:
Race 1: 1, Pavel Kejmar (CZE-KTM), 19m41.220s. 2, Bernd Hiemer (GER-KTM), +1.723s, 3, Mauno Hermunen (BUL-TM), +4.003s. 4, Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM), +12.227s. 5, Cristian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda), +15.212s. 6, Devon Vermeulen (NED-KTM), +15.649s. 7, Lukas Höllbacher (AUT-KTM), +15.876s. 8, Tomas Travnicek (CZE-TM), +16.658s. 9, Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda), +19.040s. 10, Rudolf Bauer (AUT-KTM), +21.553s.
Race 2: 1, Angel Karanyotov (BUL-Honda), 19m37.932s. 2, Cristian Ravaglia (ITA-Honda), +6.073s. 3, Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda), +6.393s. 4, Pavel Kejmar (CZE-KTM), +6.697s. 5, Lukas Höllbacher (AUT-KTM), +9.458s. 6, Sami Salstola (FIN-TM), +23.538s. 7, Hannes Maier (AUT-KTM), +24.566s. 8, Teo Monticelli (ITA-Honda), +26.775s. 9, Devon Vermeulen (NED-KTM), +28.605. 10, Manuel Hagleitner (AUT-KTM), +30.790s.
Race 3: 1, Ivan Lazzarini (ITA-Honda), 19m25.994s. 2, Angel Karanyotov (BUL-Honda), +0.242s. 3, Sylvain Bidart (FRA-Honda), +1.360s. 4, Mauno Hermunen (BUL-TM), +2.598s. 5, Thomas Chareyre (FRA-TM), +2.916s. 6, Tomas Travnicek (CZE-TM), +23.110s. 7, Teo Monticelli (ITA-Honda), +31.220s. 8, Asseri Kingelin (FIN-Honda), +32.037s. 9, Hannes Maier (AUT-KTM), +41.758s. 10, Jan Deitenbach (GER-Suzuki), +42.00s.
Final positions: Italy, Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Turkey, Great Britain.
